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  • Re: any flux capacitor conversions available?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Sun, 30 Sep 2001 03:59:51 EDT
    ...did i mention that while routing the final section of my spiffy new bright yellow 16 Gauge tachometer wire from the stern to the...
  • Re: Help troubleshoot my instrument cluster
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:04:28 -0600
    ...That spliced coolant sensor wire may have >> something to do with the coolant sensor problem, right? >> >> But that still does not explain the tachometer...
  • followup to post regarding oil pressure false alarms
    Historical mailing list - d t
    Wed, 21 Jul 1999 19:47:20 MDT
    ...Is there any info about timings of the L-board tachometer input? 9. During removal of the speedometer, I broke by mistake a tab...
  • Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Wed, 23 Jan 2002 16:12:10 -0600
    ...I find this thread has become very frustrating. > Perhaps someone's tachometer needs to be recalibrated. > I had a '81 vanagon westy back when...
  • Re: Battery Light
    Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
    Tue, 8 Jan 2008 14:51:57 -0500
    ...So I kept watch on the > > >>>> tachometer to get an idea of how bad the problem was... it > > >>>> seemed to > > >>>> vary a bit, lighting...
  • Re: No start
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 1 Jun 2016 22:01:38 -0400
    ...Another starting test is looking at the tachometer while cranking the engine. If it is not bouncing that little bit you have an ignition...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - James
    Thu, 5 Dec 2013 00:07:46 -0500
    ...next couple of days & see > if I can get a reliable tachometer out of it. > > Also, there is no guarantee that a vanagon Hall...
  • Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 verses 1.9???
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sun, 25 Jul 2004 14:29:12 -0700
    ...When you look at the Vanagon tachometer, you see that this is the green area, which is where you Vanagon gearing is designed to...
  • Original post GEO Drag Race
    Historical mailing list - Fred Brittain
    Sat, 12 Dec 1998 19:50:18 EST
    ...I kept my foot gamely in it, though, waiting for the CHECK ENGINE light to blink on in the one-gauge (no tachometer here...
  • Re: can you put 17 inch wheels on a 84 vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:55:08 -0700
    ...then, after I have something that fundamentally works and runs.......then I do special oil pans, modify the suspension, get the AC and tachometer...
  • Re: A Snow Story (Whoa-vanagon!!!) and Lessons Learned
    Historical mailing list - John Klun
    Sun, 6 Jan 2002 19:30:07 -0700
    ...The tachometer connects to the rear wheels (drive train) and if it > dips it means your rear wheels are locked up (too much braking...
  • moving sale - cleaning garage
    Historical mailing list - Rob S.
    Tue, 30 Dec 2003 18:20:55 -0500
    ...67-72 Chevy truck dash parts. (many dashes in various stages of disassembly - no tachometers) 67-72 trim parts. complete set of woodgrain lower...
  • Re: '84 1.9L 2-WD -- cold start problems still the same after new O2-sensor, new Temp II sensor, and new plugs
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:12:07 -0700
    ...Engine starts and goes to around 800 rpm (instrument panel >> >>>> tachometer). If slight pressure put on accelerator pedal to take >> >>>> rpm >> >>>> to >> >>>> 1500 or...
  • Re: Help troubleshoot my instrument cluster
    Historical mailing list - James Ballen
    Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:56:04 -0800
    ...That spliced coolant sensor wire may have something to do with the coolant sensor problem, right? > > But that still does not explain the tachometer...
  • Re: Friday - Geo Metro Race
    Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
    Fri, 11 Dec 1998 12:26:20 -0800
    ...I kept my foot gamely in it, though, waiting > for > >>> >>> the CHECK ENGINE light to blink on in the one-gauge (no > >>> >>> tachometer here...
  • Re: Battery Light
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:14:24 -0500
    ...So I kept watch on the >>>>>>> tachometer to get an idea of how bad the problem was... it >>>>>>> seemed to >>>>>>> vary a bit, lighting...
  • SALE Reluctantly-89 Westy
    Historical mailing list - K Dungay Allas
    Fri, 27 Sep 2002 19:45:26 -0500
    ...front and rear Pioneer speakers added Speedometer with trip odometer, functional Tachometer, functional Digital LCD clock, functional, but never did figure out how to...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
    Wed, 4 Dec 2013 21:20:34 -0800
    ...next couple of days & see > > if I can get a reliable tachometer out of it. > > > > Also, there is no guarantee that a vanagon Hall...
  • Re: any flux capacitor conversions available?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sun, 30 Sep 2001 02:01:52 -0500
    ...the final section of my spiffy new > bright > yellow 16 Gauge tachometer wire from the stern to the bow that i > found, > attached to...
  • Re: No start
    Historical mailing list - Grant Johnson
    Wed, 1 Jun 2016 21:22:15 -0700
    ...current draw and > resistance. > > Another starting test is looking at the tachometer while cranking the > engine. If it is not bouncing that little bit...
  • NOT! - moving sale - cleaning garage
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
    Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:52:21 -0600
    ...various conditions. > >67-72 Chevy truck dash parts. (many dashes in various stages of >disassembly - no tachometers) > >67-72 trim parts. complete set of...
  • Re: glad to meet you
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Tue, 26 Nov 2002 01:16:11 -0800
    ...Lynn noticed that when it was cutting out , that the tachometer didn't zero. It dropped, but if it had zeroed that would mean...
  • Re: Audible Coolant alarm opinions
    Historical mailing list - steve meassick
    Sat, 3 Mar 2018 02:29:19 +0000
    ...I can pretty much hear the speed of my engine revs and guess my tachometer. If I get a audible oil temp and presure...
  • Re: Cooling woes and the aborted trip to TBTT (somewhat longish...)
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sat, 15 Jul 2000 19:34:11 -0700
    ...Was the bus hot? Physical symptoms that would lead you to believe that the engine was actually hot? Do you have a tachometer? This...
  • tons of VW stuff for sale!!!!
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 26 Nov 1998 13:17:10 EST
    ...over front seats of '79 down westys -Vanagon gas tanks -vanagon tachometer/digital clock dash clusters - adapt to any vanagon -vanagon windshields -beetle heater...
  • Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 verses 1.9???
    Historical mailing list - Robert Campbell
    Sun, 25 Jul 2004 18:27:34 -0700
    ...When you look at the Vanagon tachometer, you see that this is the green area, which is where you Vanagon gearing is designed to...
  • Re: Air Cooled Vanagon Westfalia POKEY for sale
    Historical mailing list - Russell, William
    Wed, 30 Apr 2003 13:11:28 -0400
    ...up (but the auxiliary battery itself is on its last legs), Tachometer in place of clock (its having issues right now), WR1 Hard Start...
  • Re: Wet weather power loss
    Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
    Sat, 7 Apr 2001 06:15:34 -0400
    ...raining, it can occur in > >heavy fog. > > Ok, almost surely electrical > > > >tachometer is being driven, of course the engine is slowing down, but there...
  • Re: 85 Weekender FS
    Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
    Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:06:53 -0600
    ...or whatever you want to call it. >  it should have a tachometer, PS and AC. > and yes.......they come with a fridge that looks...
  • Re: What's the richest air fuel ration you can still make run? also friday Megasquirt VW
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:12:00 -0700
    ...and example of that would be tachometer on a Subaru (without a distributor at all ) .............where you have a distributor and coil ..so tach...
  • Re: Air Cooled Vanagon Westfalia POKEY for sale
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
    Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:57:42 -0400
    ...up (but the auxiliary battery itself is on its last legs), Tachometer in place of clock (its having issues right now), WR1 Hard Start...
  • Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:49:01 -0700
    ...For checking for the presence of what I'd call the 'tach signal' ..........at the ECU, I was going to suggest using a tachometer...
  • Re: Air Cooled Vanagon Westfalia POKEY for sale
    Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
    Wed, 30 Apr 2003 13:55:13 -0400
    ...up (but the auxiliary battery >itself is on its last legs), Tachometer in place of clock >(its having issues right now), WR1 Hard Start...
  • Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Thu, 4 Jan 2018 13:09:15 -0500
    ...New Coils [Coil On Plug Design] I don’t know what coil on plug design means, any info out there? Tachometer Adapter OK, just...
  • Re: No start
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Thu, 2 Jun 2016 06:36:57 +0000
    ...current draw > and > > resistance. > > > > Another starting test is looking at the tachometer while cranking the > > engine. If it is not bouncing that little bit...
  • Re: Battery Light
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:09:18 -0500
    ...So I kept watch on the > >>>>>>> tachometer to get an idea of how bad the problem was... it > >>>>>>> seemed to > >>>>>>> vary a bit, lighting...
  • Re: Garcia's Ghost doesn't like gettin' high.
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:19:17 -0700
    ...got a tachometer ? care to say which engine ..I know you don't have a diesel, and I don't think you have an...
  • Re: No start
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 2 Jun 2016 18:20:56 -0400
    ...current > > draw > and > > resistance. > > > > Another starting test is looking at the tachometer while cranking > > the engine. If it is not bouncing that little bit...
  • TONS OF VW STUFF/CARS/PARTS FOR SALE! (REVISED)
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 7 Dec 1998 10:49:23 EST
    ...over front seats of '79 down westys -Vanagon gas tanks -vanagon tachometer/digital clock dash clusters - adapt to any vanagon -vanagon windshields -beetle heater...
  • Re: Need inspiration. Lacking motivation on my engine conversion (Warning! Severe Whining Within! --- ;^)
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Fri, 4 Apr 2008 20:11:16 -0700
    ...When I first fire off an engine conversion....half the systems aren't hooked up yet, charging, power steering, tachometer, air fitter, etc. They...
  • Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
    Historical mailing list - David Kao
    Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:16:47 -0700
    ...signal' > ..........at the ECU, I was going to suggest using a > tachometer. > I know most people don't have 'some tach' > laying around .............but...
  • Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 verses 1.9???
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sun, 25 Jul 2004 19:22:45 -0700
    ...When you look at the Vanagon tachometer, you see that this is the green area, which is where you Vanagon gearing is designed to...
  • Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 verses 1.9???
    Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
    Mon, 26 Jul 2004 12:42:47 -0400
    ...When you look at the Vanagon tachometer, you see that this > is the green area, which is where you Vanagon gearing is designed to...
  • Re: Whoa! Seattle Road Trip (LONG-ish)
    Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
    Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:35:43 -0900
    ...Downtown Whitehorse and up "2 Mile Hill" I noticed that the tachometer was accelerating at a much faster rate than we were, our clutch...
  • Noise from rear...
    Historical mailing list - Charles E Clement/FWF/EXP/UTIA
    Fri, 6 Feb 2004 16:04:54 -0500
    ...between the speedometer and the tachometer. yup. you have to pull that cover off the pod to even see the reservoir. you pull it...
  • Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:36:47 -0700
    ...signal' >> ..........at the ECU, I was going to suggest using a >> tachometer. >> I know most people don't have 'some tach' >> laying around .............but...
  • Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
    Historical mailing list - mdrillock
    Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:49:15 -0700
    ...signal' >>> ..........at the ECU, I was going to suggest using a >>> tachometer. >>> I know most people don't have 'some tach' >>> laying around .............but...
  • Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:18:35 -0500
    ...signal' >>> ..........at the ECU, I was going to suggest using a >>> tachometer. >>> I know most people don't have 'some tach' >>> laying around .............but...
  • Re: Need inspiration. Lacking motivation on my engine conversion (Warning! Severe Whining Within! --- ;^)
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Fri, 4 Apr 2008 21:00:57 -0700
    ...When I first fire off an engine > conversion....half the systems aren't hooked up yet, charging, power > steering, tachometer, air fitter, etc. They...
  • Re: No start/no spark II
    Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
    Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:31:59 -0700
    Another point in ingition diagnostics, that is often over looked - watch the tachometer - if you are so equipped. Failures in the primary side - low...
  • Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:21:53 -0500
    ...signal' >>>> ..........at the ECU, I was going to suggest using a >>>> tachometer. >>>> I know most people don't have 'some tach' >>>> laying around .............but...
  • vw parts and cars/vans/buses for sale
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 10 May 1999 15:33:06 EDT
    ...over front seats of '79 down westys -Vanagon gas tanks -vanagon tachometer/digital clock dash clusters - adapt to any vanagon -vanagon windshields -beetle heater...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
    Wed, 27 Nov 2013 06:33:47 -0800
    ...I think later this weekend I'll work on building an Arduino based tachometer using the Hall sensor output. That would be a good...
  • Re: Noise from rear...
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Fri, 6 Feb 2004 16:07:29 -0600
    ...between the >speedometer and the tachometer. yup. you have to pull that cover off >the pod to even see the reservoir. you pull it...
  • Re: Noise from rear...
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Fri, 6 Feb 2004 15:58:55 -0600
    ...between the >speedometer and the tachometer. yup. you have to pull that cover off >the pod to even see the reservoir. you pull it...
  • Great News! After presenting Mercury insurance with documentation (invoices and comparable vehicle pricing) they decided to repair my Westy.
    Historical mailing list - Bergin, Richard
    Wed, 7 May 2003 15:40:05 -0700
    ...Extras include 12V compass, 12V fan, tachometer, solar battery maintainer, wastewater tank, and rear hatch screen.$6200 neg. call Josh at 614.579.1149...
  • Throttle Body - High Idle - (Dare I say?) Issue Resolved! (85 1.9l)
    Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
    Fri, 10 Jul 2015 09:40:23 -0700
    ...case you drop a small part. * A timing light with a tachometer. Not critical if you have a friend or a shop that can...
  • Syncro Changing 14" to 16" Version
    Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
    Sun, 26 Jan 1997 11:47:10 -0500
    ...You must modulate the ratio of the tachometer >with a special gearbox, to >get the right speed. With this changes it was no problem...
  • Ione #2
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
    Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:37:12 -0600
    ...three years, and the present moment of shifting gears, watching the tachometer climb to its red line as I pushed the 165 horsepower subaru...
  • Re: Ione #2
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:05:25 -0700
    ...three years, and the present moment of > shifting gears, watching the tachometer climb to its red line as I > pushed the 165 horsepower subaru...